I've said it before, and I'll say it again: IDM is gimmicky and therefore
doomed. I'll take Gorecki over Global Communication any day of the week.
m@2zo
www.thechisa.com
"Like David said in the 23rd Psalm, 'Though I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death.' See, nobody say, 'Hey, man, let's go shoppin' in
the valley of the shadow of death! Let's go buy a condo in the valley of
the shadow of death!'"
-- Mr. T
On Sat, 5 May 2001, erik pearson wrote:
quoted 74 lines Some recent newsmagazineshow (forget which) offered the opinion that
> Some recent newsmagazineshow (forget which) offered the opinion that
> consumers have had their "fill" of new technologies (yes, they used a dinner
> metaphor). Maybe the same dissemination of DSP-technology is affecting with
> what we listen and respond to...
>
> I think that after all the hype around new production software that is
> powerful/scalable (MAX, Reaktor, etc.), these tools end up with a specific,
> identifiable sound because they do a certain, limited number of things
> quickly and easily. And that's what the majority of producers use them for.
> Kind of like when hardware samplers first became afforable... in theory they
> are chamelons but in retrospect, early sampler-based work used a ton of
> pitch-shifting, reversing, looping, whatever because it was new and easy. In
> the end, you could easily pick out that a track that used a sampler.
>
> Could simply be your tired of hearing the quick and easy application of
> technology. If so, is cool... me too. :)
>
> Maybe all likeminded individuals should start an IDM-recovery list.
>
> erik
> statemusic
>
> (a lurker by nature)
>
>
> >From: Michael Upton <jetjag@paradise.net.nz>
> >To: idm@hyperreal.org
> >Subject: [idm] Anyone else on here not like "IDM"?
> >Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 11:53:25 +1200
> >
> >No, I'm not being facetious. I'm just getting increasingly curious as to
> >whether there's anyone else out there who no longer listens to eg.
> >Autechre, Aphex Twin, thinks labels like MAS and Skam are boring, doesn't
> >like all these post-Aphex distorted drum machine sounds, disjointed
> >rhythms, etc. etc...
> >
> >I stay on the list because there is enough discussion of acts I do like
> >which I would never find elsewhere. I guess these are some of the things I
> >enjoy reading about: Chain Reaction style minimal stuff (eg. Vlad. Delay,
> >old Porter Ricks, the new Andreas Tilliander LP), "neu-Kraut" and the
> >A-Musik related stuff (eg. To Rococo Rot, Tarwater, MoM, Vert, C-Schulz &
> >Hajsh), some Detroit sounds (eg. Shake, Carl Craig) and yes this weirdo
> >house business (eg. Herbert, recent Matmos, some Force Tracks 12s) ... I
> >guess I find some good hip-hop tips on here as well.
> >
> >So, yeah, I'm just wondering whether anyone else is in a similar boat? No
> >need to reply to the whole list, certainly no need to make a "these are all
> >IDM"/"there aren't IDM at all, what are you doing here??" thread. :-)
> >
> >Mind you, with all this said, when I received my copies of that Surgery
> >Records comp 'Initial Release' I found I really enjoyed the vast majority
> >of tracks. They're pretty damn downbeat though... I guess I'm a sucker for
> >the far softer end of the spectrum... or if I want rowdy I listen to rock.
> >
> >Thinking out loud...
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >np. mp3.com/loscil
> >
> >
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